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12 hours ago
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Community supports Lorain Police Department after ambush, shooting of 3 officers
LORAIN, Ohio (WJW) – After community members learned that three Lorain Police officers were ambushed and shot on Wednesday, a memorial began to grow outside the Lorain Police Department. Suspect accused of 'ambushing' three local officers identified That continued on Thursday as people who wanted to offer support or simply pay their respects stopped by the station where a Lorain Police cruiser is now parked out front near the memorial. Lifelong Lorain resident Debbie Siss told Fox 8 News she saw the flags outside at half-staff and felt compelled to stop. 'It makes me feel sad, and it makes me love Lorain even more because our police officers, they protect us. They help us, and to have somebody just shooting them down, that's chicken. He's a big chicken,' she said about the deceased suspect accused of shooting the officers. A group of about a dozen retired Lorain officers were set to get together for a reunion on Wednesday. One of them is Larry Giese, who spent 20 of his 28 years with LPD as the head K-219 trainer. He shared that he wanted to offer his support to those he still knows at the department. He added that he and his fellow retirees hope the community backs Lorain officers moving forward. Vigil held for Lorain officers shot during ambush — who are they? He doesn't believe he could handle being an officer in today's world. 'You know, maybe someone will start paying attention to what this police work is all about,' he said. 'It's bad. I mean, it's bad. You just don't know anymore. There's too much gun play going on.' Another retiree from law enforcement, Stephani Loffredo now runs a nonprofit in Las Vegas called Courtroom Critters, which offers support to those in crisis through therapy dogs. The former mounted officer who spent 10 years with the Geauga County Sheriff's Office said she happened to be visiting home with a therapy dog named Hufflepuff. When she learned of the tragedy she decided to bring Hufflepuff the bulldog to the Lorain Police Department to try and help officers cope because she knows the kind of trauma this situation can cause. 'Police officers, we need them so much, and every police officer is a hero and they also need the support from the community so that when this type of tragedy happens, that these officers are getting that support,' Laffredo said. 'All of the officers are going to go through some sort of trauma and all of the officers need a little bit of wellness checkup, and sometimes just a great therapy dog can help them out a lot.' FOP speaks out after local officers hit by gunfire twice in days Northeast Ohioans are also showing support with monetary donations. The sister-in-law of the youngest of the three officers, Phil Wagner, started a GoFundMe page to accept donations from people who were asking how they can help. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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2 days ago
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Some FirstEnergy customers won't get power until tonight
(WJW) – Power is slowly being restored for some FirstEnergy customers Friday as others are losing it. Several hundred FirstEnergy customers remain without power Friday after overnight outages. Lorain police officer who died following ambush remembered Early Friday morning, more than 6,000 people were without power. According to the FirstEnergy website, the bulk of the outages are in Cuyahoga and Summit counties. Restoration times were pushed back to 11 p.m. for most communities still without power. Summit County saw new outages in several communities late Friday afternoon. Later in the day, a few hundred Green residents were still without power, with restoration expected by 5 p.m. and outages in Akron had been resolved. Other widespread outages in Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Medina, Richland and Trumbull counties have since been resolved. Check restoration times here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
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5 days ago
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Suspect accused of ‘ambushing' three local officers identified
LORAIN, Ohio (WJW) — A man accused of ambushing three local officers has been identified by the Lorain County coroner as Michael Parker. The coroner tells the FOX 8 I-Team an autopsy will take place on Thursday. Parker — whose last known address was in Lorain — is accused of shooting in an ambush three Lorain officers on Wednesday afternoon. Officials identified the three officers and reported that while one has been released from the hospital, the other two were seriously wounded and flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, a Level I Trauma Center. Deer poachers ordered to pay nearly $120,000, issued worldwide hunting bans Lorain's Acting Police Chief Michael Failing told reporters on Wednesday that a gunman was 'laying in wait' with an 'arsenal of weapons' and opened fire on two Lorain police officers — 35-year-old Phillip Wagner and 51-year-old Peter Gale — who had parked side-by-side in their patrol cars to have lunch. A third officer, 47-year-old Brent Payne, who responded to help was also shot. The scene unfolded just after 1 p.m. at a dead end of an industrial parkway off of Colorado Avenue. Wagner and Payne were shot multiple times and were still being treated on Wednesday evening, Failing said. Gale was shot in the hand and treated at a Lorain hospital. As others across the city swooped in, the 28-year-old suspect was killed in the exchange of gunfire. Police loaded the injured officers into cruisers and raced them to the hospital while providing wound care. Elyria police are now investigating the shooting. Police Chief James Welsh told reporters on Wednesday afternoon suspect ambushed the officers with a high-powered rifle, he said. The officers then returned fire. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene, though Welsh could not confirm whether the suspect was shot and killed by officers or whether he died by suicide. Cleveland hotel restaurant just named among Top 100 in country, only Ohio eatery on list Lorain County Sheriff's Office Maj. A.J. Torres confirmed to FOX 8 News that authorities found explosives in the suspect's car at the scene of the ambush. Suspicious items were also found and removed from the suspect's home on North Lakeview Boulevard, officials confirmed Wednesday night. The suspect is believed to have been the only person involved in the shooting. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
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6 days ago
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Shooting wounds three Ohio police officers, two in serious condition, as suspect dies
Three police officers have been hospitalized, and one person is dead after a shooting Wednesday afternoon in an industrial part of Lorain, Ohio. Lorain Police, while doing proactive patrolling in the area, encountered a man and exchanged gunfire with him at the dead end of River Bend Drive around 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Elyria Police Chief James Welsh told reporters. Indianapolis Mass Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, Several Others Wounded "There was one male who had a vehicle parked at the dead end behind me on River Bend Drive," Welsh said in response to a question from a reporter. "When the officers arrived, he opened fire with a high-powered rifle and shot at the officers." Two officers were left in serious condition and were life-flighted to a trauma center in the Cleveland area. The third officer who was shot was taken to a local hospital, Lorain Mayor Jack Bradley told the Associated Press. The suspect died in the shooting, according to Welsh. Read On The Fox News App "This was an ambush situation," Welsh said. "This is a difficult day for the Lorain Police Department and the law enforcement community." Milwaukee Police Officers Ambushed In Alley Shooting, Suspect On The Run The Mayor said that Lorain police will receive counseling to process the shooting of their fellow officers, AP reported. "We're just concerned about the safety of all of our officers and all of our citizens," Bradley told AP. Philadelphia Police Officer Shot In Stomach While Responding To Dispute Near High School There had also been reports earlier in the day of a second suspect at large, and authorities conducted a search as a precautionary measure, according to news outlet Cleveland 19 News. The Elyria Police Department and Lorain County Prosecutor's office are handling the investigation into the shooting, Bradley told Fox News Digital in an email. The Elyria Police Department and the Lorain County Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for article source: Shooting wounds three Ohio police officers, two in serious condition, as suspect dies
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6 days ago
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Shooting wounds three Ohio police officers, two in serious condition, as suspect dies
Three police officers have been hospitalized, and one person is dead after a shooting Wednesday afternoon in an industrial part of Lorain, Ohio. The officers were reportedly shot in the area of Missouri and Colorado avenues, sources told FOX 8 News. Two officers were left in serious condition and were life-flighted to a trauma center in the Cleveland area. The third officer who was shot was taken to a local hospital, Lorain Mayor Jack Bradley told the Associated Press. "We're just concerned about the safety of all of our officers and all of our citizens," Bradley told AP. The mayor had no additional information about the person who had died, and said that Lorain police will receive counseling to process the shooting of their fellow officers, AP reported. News outlet Cleveland 19 News reported that the suspect was the person who died in the shooting. There had also been reports earlier in the day of a second suspect at large, and authorities conducted a search as a precautionary measure, according to the news outlet. The Elyria Police Department and Lorain County Prosecutor's office are handling the investigation into the shooting, Bradley told Fox News Digital in an email. The Elyria Police Department and the Lorain County Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
